Erection date: 22/4/1903
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Mission founded 1887
Buildings erected 1903
This column was fixed by Alexander McArthur Esq. JP, DL, April 22nd 1903.
EC1, City Road
The building is also known as the Imperial Hall. Up the top, in an Art Nouveau swirl the building is dated 1903. The plaques are, left to right: Reed, McArthur, Strathcona, Marshall.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Leysian Mission - McArthur
From Wesley's Chapel and from Kay: The Leys School was opened in Cambridge i...
Born Ireland. Brother to William. Emigrated to Australia, arriving in 1842. ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Leysian Mission - McArthur
Mission founded 1887 Buildings erected 1903 This column was fixed by Sir Hor...
{Either side of a cartouche/shield:} Mission founded 1887 Buildings erected 1...
{Either side of a cartouche/shield:} Mission founded 1887 Buildings erected 1...
This close-up photo comes from the London Transport Museum Collection. From that photo we'd guess that the plaque has about 10 - 15 names...
There were 16 of these open-book style ground plaques, marking the corners of blocks A - D, the 4 main large blocks of buildings in WW2 C...
London County Council Sir Francis Beaufort, 1774 - 1857, Admiral and hydrographer, lived here.
Will Hay, 1888 - 1949, comic actor and astronomer, lived here, 1927 - 1934. English Heritage
Robert Willan was the founder of dermatology in Britain, so it's fairly certain that the house is named after him.
The Living Stream: Holy Wells in Historical Context By James Rattue, 1995 says "As his lands included the parish of St Govor in west Wale...
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